Developer Story

GameDevSam

  • Senior Software Engineer at Salesforce

  • ·

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • typescript
  • javascript
  • reactjs
  • c++
  • c#
  • lua
  • haxe

ECMAScript expert with a background in UI programming for video games and full stack web applications.

Expert: JavaScript / TypeScript, React, Node.js, C++, C#, Java, Lua

Learning: Postgres, Docker, AWS, Heroku

Started a role at Salesforce

  • Jan 2021

  • ·

  • Ongoing

Senior Software Engineer at Salesforce

I'm helping to build a modern publishing experience for AppExchange partners, using Lightning Web Components, JavaScript, HTML, CSS on the Front End and NodeJS, NestJS & Postgres on the Backend. I create high quality, maintainable UI components and use them to build complex, maintainable, high performance, and easy to use web applications.
  • javascript
  • typescript
  • lwc
  • html
  • css
  • node.js
  • nestjs
  • postgresql
  • docker
  • webpack
Had a role at Big Huge Games

  • Feb 2019

  • ·

  • Jan 2021

Web Tools Engineer at Big Huge Games

I'm building web tools to enable my coworkers to achieve more with less time & effort. Our stack consists of React + TypeScript on the front end, and C#, Java, Spring Framework, MySQL and AWS services on the backend.
  • typescript
  • javascript
  • reactjs
  • mobx-react
  • webpack
  • node.js
  • c#
  • asp.net
  • java
  • spring
  • mysql
  • amazon-web-services
  • docker
Had a role at Lykke

  • Apr 2018

  • ·

  • Feb 2019

Front End Supervisor at Lykke

I supervised a team of engineers tasked with building a complex web application with React & TypeScript.
  • typescript
  • javascript
  • reactjs
  • mobx-react
  • node.js
  • webpack
  • docker
Had a role at Firaxis Games

  • Sep 2017

  • ·

  • Feb 2019

Senior UI Programmer at Firaxis Games

I developed user interfaces for big budget video games. Games I worked on as a Senior UI Programmer: Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise & Fall.
  • c++
  • lua
  • visual-studio
Had a role at Lykke

  • Aug 2017

  • ·

  • Apr 2018

Front End Programmer at Lykke

I worked on a complex web application with React & TypeScript for a Swiss FinTech company building a global marketplace on the blockchain. This opportunity allowed me to learn new technologies and skills in a competitive startup environment.
  • typescript
  • javascript
  • reactjs
  • mobx-react
  • node.js
  • webpack
  • docker
Had a role at Firaxis Games

  • May 2011

  • ·

  • Sep 2017

UI Programmer at Firaxis Games

I developed user interfaces for big budget video games. Games I worked on as a UI Programmer: XCOM: Enemy Unknown, XCOM: Enemy Within, XCOM 2 and Sid Meier's Civilization VI.
  • c++
  • actionscript
  • unrealscript
  • unreal-engine3
  • visual-studio
Had a role at Storj

  • Sep 2015

  • ·

  • Dec 2015

Front End Programmer at Storj

I helped develop the user interface for Storj Share, an Electron based GUI for Storj, an open source and decentralized data storage application: https://github.com/storj/storjshare-gui
  • javascript
  • jquery
  • electron
Had a role at TimeGate Studios

  • May 2010

  • ·

  • May 2011

UI Programmer at TimeGate Studios

Programmed several screens for Section 8: Prejudice using Flash and Actionscript. Extended and repaired the functionality of Unreal Engine's Online Subsystems (hosting, searching, inviting and joining games) for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
  • unrealscript
  • unreal-engine3
  • flash-cs5
  • actionscript
Had a role at Sim Ops Studios

  • Mar 2010

  • ·

  • May 2010

Web Tools Programmer at Sim Ops Studios

Wrote Collada importer for WildPockets game engine. Extended functionality of the web based game engine's tools using Lua.
  • lua
  • flash
  • actionscript
Graduated

  • Dec 2007

  • ·

  • Nov 2009

BS Game Development, Full Sail University

Full Sail is a great school for people wanting to get into the video game industry. I learned everything from tools and gameplay programming to advanced topics such as ui, animation, sound and graphics.
  • c++
  • c#
  • lua

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